Community Notes from Carrollton and Surrounding Area
A local roundup from Carrollton area reports visitors and errands, church singings, family visits, and health updates. Miss Annie Jones hosted by the Morans. Guthries hosted by parents. Borders and Gladneys travel through town. Hassie Dougherty returns home from East Point. Sam Gladney and family with Frank Pate. Bud Hay and family near Cross Plains visit. W D Phillips hosts singing. all day sing at Pleasant on the 4th Sunday. J J White in town. DA Cook on a business trip. Maggie and Ida Simpkins visit J D Simpkins. Mrs John Phillips improving. Claude Cook visits Ephesus. J D Simpkins improving. G W Phillips greets a new ten pound boy. Laz Summerlin visiting G D Clark. Rev Morgan preaches at Ephesus.
Shady Grove Social Notes and Local Visits
Shady Grove hosts regular meeting days Saturday and Sunday. Oscar Morgan and family visited Thomas Morgan’s family Sunday. Luther Smith and family visited J P Jordan’s family last weekend. Smyrna singing was fine. Mrs M F Peek and daughters visited Mrs Lina Horton and Alonza Friday afternoon. Mrs Ida Daniel and Vera visited relatives near Pine Grove. Sallie Robinson, visiting her sister, is with Walter and wife. Crops look fine in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Morgan
Thomas Morgan
Luther Smith
J P Jordan
Smyrna
M F Peek
Lina Horton
Alonza
Ida Daniel
Vera
Pine Grove
Sallie Robinson
J W Horton
Walter Robinson
Marvelous Discoveries and Dr King’s New Discovery Cough Remedy
Marvelous Discoveries highlight progress from air flights to war inventions. Dr King’s New Discovery promises instant relief and cure for coughs colds lagrippe asthma croup bronchitis and lung trouble. Asheville’s James M Black reports it cured his obstinate cough after others failed. A free trial bottle is offered. Johnson Drug Co. and W L Fitts guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
James M. Black
Asheville
N C.R.R. No. 4
Johnson Drug Co
W. W
Hulett Chautauqua Attendees Travel South and North
Dr and Mrs R L King attended the Chautauqua in Carrollton Thursday and Saturday. Dr and Mrs O W Roberts spent Saturday in Carrollton. Mrs W Girard of Chicago visited her brother Mr Winton Crawford. Lynn Wallace spent Sunday in Douglas county. Fred Sewell visited Sargents. Dr and Mrs C W Roberts visited Whitesburg last week. Miss Fannie Sewell spent last week in Carrollton for the Chautauqua and teachers examination. T W Richards and Mrs C F Richards motor to Meriwether county last week. Remember Children Day at Hulett Sunday bring dinner. Infant of Mrs W Girard died Sunday interred at Paul Monday. Prof C F Richards spent Thursday in Carrollton. Oscar Wallace and Will Latimer of Carrollton were guests of Mrs J L Wallace Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R L King
Carrollton
O W Roberts
W Girard
Chicago
Winton Crawford
Fannie Sewell
Surana
Paul
C F Richarda
Oscar Wallace
Will Latimer
J L Wallace
Local Notes From Bluff Springs and Surrounding Areas
Rainy weather improved crops in Bluff Springs with wheat harvests completed and crops reported very good. Mrs H F Phillips visited her ill daughter in Grantville who has typhoid fever and has returned home. Local residents shared Sunday visits with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H F Phillips
Grantville
Fair View Notes Crop Work and Community Happenings
The report from Fair View notes crops and good weather for farm labor. It mentions a Sunday singing event, visits by A A Chambers family, and the death of Mrs Etta Whaley near Neadmore with burial at Pleasant Grove. Local sick lists include Uncle Tom Price and A F Ward family. Wheat threshers work with gasoline machines. roads need repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neadmore
Etta Whaley
J T Whaley
Pleasant Grove
Johnt Taylor
Tom Price
Editorial Voice and Community Support in Small Newspapers
A quotation from the Newnan News laments editors defending pet nations and hobbies while withholding business support vital to a small newspaper's survival. The remark underscores the tension between public advocacy and financial sustenance in local press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newnan News
Sunday School Convention Report at Mt Zion M E Church
The Dist S S Association met at Mt Zion M E on June 5 1910 with Rev H E Summers delivering the sermon and delegates enrolled. Speeches by M Hinesley C Q Martin and others covered lessons duties of choristers and methods to engage youth. afternoon sessions held with resolutions praising Mt Zion hospitality and requesting minutes be shared with papers. The automobe and road safety note follows the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist S S Association
Mt Zion M E Church
W M Earnest
R Mote
J C Hixon
Mt. Zion
Asa Trimble
C Q Martin
Grover Duncan
S B Duncan
Bro. M Hinesley
Bowdon
H E Summers
Mt Zion
Bro M Hinesley
Bro Summers
H Martin
N Hinesley
H EZ Summers
W F Brown
Bro Hinesley
B F Earnest
C . Martin
Sister Summers
H E Summer
Bro. Hixon
J W Taylor
H M Ernest
C W Griffies
Wheat Mills Ready for New Crop in Carrollton
Geof Morris of Carrollton Ga says the wheat mills are ready to grind the new crop but will not grind wet or musty grain. He invites the public to use the mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geof Morris Carrollton
Backache Remedy Ad From Bloomdale Ohio
Bloomdale Ohio woman reports chronic backache headaches and fatigue eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimony claims the remedy targets root cause of female weakness and derangement and invites letters for confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomdale
Ohio
Lele E. Pinkham
Mrs. E
BM Frederick
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Court拒uds Jim Crow appeal on interstate carrier rules
In a Kentucky case, Alexander Chiles, a Black traveler, sued Chesapeake & Ohio Railway for damages after being moved from a white coach to a colored coach on a through trip Washington D C to Lexington Ky The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld railroad regulations granting separate coaches and a trial verdict in the railroad’s favor The U S Supreme Court denied review and the appeal was dismissed from the docket
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiles
Alexander Chiles
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Washington, D. C
Lexington
Ashland
Supreme Court of Kentucky
Supreme Court
Stand Undaunted By Winds And Weather
An Exchange note argues that no one can please everyone and warns against changing sides to fit others. It urges independence and to wear one’s own colors despite pressure or fear, noting the cost of vacillation.
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Lee Waes
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Ga
Carrollton Furniture and Undertaking
C.o
N. A. Horton
Saturday Evening Post
West Point
W. RY
Ala
California
Texas
Mexico
Herpes
F. M. Thompson
J. P. Billups
Atlant
A, GA
Carrollton Hardware Co
Scott
Oliver Typewriter
R. Lee Sharpe
Carrollton, Ga
Annie Jones
Naomi
Carrie Moran
J E Guthrie
Our Ville
Z T Gladney
Hassie Dougherty
East Point
Sam Gladney
Frank Pate
Wife Sunday
Willie Jones
Ville
Bud Hay
Near Cross Plains
Mra Z T
Gladney
W D Phillips
Mr Pleasant
Wsee
Carroll
J J White
Maggie
Ida Simpkins
Ephesus
J D Simpkins
John Phillips
Claude Cook
May Simpkins
G W Phillips
Laz Summerlin
G D Clark
Morgan
Shady Grove
Mr. Shoop
Hulett
Lynn Wallace
Douglas County
Fred Sewell
Sargents
C W Roberts
Whitesburgh
T W Richards
C F Richards
Meriwether County
Childrdn
Bluff Springs
F Stallings
John Borders
H C Jones
TA Moran
Mrs . T Gladney
J P Moran
Lewis Chapel
W F Phillips
Banning
Will Phillips
Fair View
A A Chambers
Little ST
A F Ward
Albany Herald
Bere
W. P. Cole
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